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Why does Geography matter?

What is Geography?

Geography

The study of landforms, bodies of water, climate, and natural resources of a place. The study of people who lived there and how they used the land.

5 Themes of Geography

1. Location2. Place3. Region4. Movement5. Human-Environmental

Interaction

Location

What is the relative location of our school

ÒWhere Am I?Ó Your answer to this is your location. Two types of location- Absolute: Latitude and Longitude- Relative

What is the difference between relativeand absolute location?

- Relative location means to locate a place relative to other landmarks while absolute location is locating a place using a coordinate system. - For example, you could give the relative location of St. Louis, Missouri as being in eastern Missouri along the Mississippi River southeast of St. Charles, but the absolute location of St. Louis is 38¡43' North 90¡14' West. - Answer this question: What is the relative location of our school?

Longitude lines are imaginary lines that run from north to south around the globe.

Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run east to west around the globe.

Longitude and Latitude lines

ÒWhat is Bowling Green like?Ó Place helps to answer this questionRefers to the physical and human characteristics. What physical and human characteristics make Bowling Green unique?

Place

Can be as large as a continent or as small as a neighborhood.Contains certain shared characteristics that set it apart. (political divisions, climate, language, or religion).

What characteristics does Bowling Green share with nearby cities or towns?

Region

Movement

Refers to the shifting of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another.

What are some examples of different ways you spread information and ideas?

RegionHuman-Environment InteractionLocationPlace

Movement

MR HLPThe Five Themes of Geography

Mnemonic DevicesYou know what they are really you do!

HOMES OR SUPER-MAN HELPS EVERY- ONE

EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINEEVEN GEORGE BUSH DRIVES FASTPLEASE EXCUSE MY DEARL AUNT SALLY

GEORGE EATS OLD GRAY RATS AND PAINTS HOUSES YELLOW

HURON, ONTARIO, MICHIGAN, ERIE, SUPERIOR

NOTES ONA SCALE

GEOGRAPHY

YOUR MISSION: SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT (YOU WILL ACCEPT IT)

WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER TO CREATE A MNEMONIC DEVICE FOR THE FIVE MEGA THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY

PLACE, LOCATION, REGION, HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION, MOVEMENT

What theme of Geography do the following photos in Bowling

Green show?